Barry Keoghan has built a career by choosing characters that are rarely easy to understand. The Irish actor can appear vulnerable in one film and deeply unsettling in the next, often bringing an unpredictable quality to his performances. His journey into acting was equally unconventional, beginning far from the traditional routes into the entertainment industry. A difficult childhood in Dublin shaped his early years, while an unexpected opportunity introduced him to acting. Since then, Keoghan has developed into an internationally recognized performer with roles spanning independent dramas, major blockbusters and psychological thrillers.
Born in Dublin, Keoghan experienced considerable instability while growing up. His mother struggled with drug addiction and died when he was young, and he and his brother spent several years in foster care before being raised largely by their grandmother and aunt. Despite his later success, Keoghan has spoken warmly about returning home and immediately slipping back into ordinary family life, joking that celebrity status does not excuse him from making his bed or cleaning up after himself.
His entrance into acting came almost by chance. As a teenager, Keoghan noticed a casting advertisement in a local shop window for the Irish crime film Between the Canals. He responded despite having little professional experience and eventually secured a role. Television work followed, including the Irish drama Love/Hate, helping him develop his craft and attract greater attention.
His international profile grew dramatically in 2017. Keoghan appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk as George Mills, a young civilian caught up in the evacuation of Allied soldiers from France. That same year, he delivered a very different performance opposite Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer. As the mysterious Martin, Keoghan demonstrated the unnerving screen presence that would become one of his greatest strengths.
Rather than remaining within one genre, he continued moving between dramatically different projects. He entered the Marvel universe as Druig in Eternals, appeared in The Green Knight and gained major acclaim for Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin. His performance as Dominic Kearney earned him a BAFTA and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

#keoghan #irish #dublin #despite

After a two-year wait, Theo James is back on our screens in the highly-anticipated second season of Netflix's The Gentlemen.
The 41-year-old actor stars as Eddie Horniman, the new Duke of Halstead who inherits the family's sweeping estate and discovers an industrial cannabis empire operating beneath it. The second season reunites viewers with faces old and new, including Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones and newcomer Benedetta Porcaroli.
Theo has become a well-known face thanks to his roles in The Time Travellers Wife, Sanditon and plenty more – but did you know he has a wife who is pretty famous too? The actor married his wife six years ago and the pair are even proud parents. Here's all you need to know…
Ruth Kearney and Theo James in 2023 (@ Dave Benett, Getty)
Theo James is married to Irish actress Ruth Kearney. Ruth has a number of credits to her name that fans may recognise her from. In 2010, she began starring in ITV drama Primeval before going on to land parts in Casualty and American political drama Tyrant.

#james #wife

Manager Oran Kearney says he hopes Ballymena United can build on a "positive" start to the season against Glentoran on Friday.
The Sky Blues stunned Linfield 3-0 on the opening weekend of the season but lost 2-1 at Crusaders in their second outing.
Ballymena had a big turnover of players over the summer with 11 new arrivals at the Showgrounds, but Kearney is pleased with their start to the campaign.
"I think the big worry always with that first game is making sure that you're up to speed, particularly against a side that had played in Europe and maybe had been in earlier than us," Kearney told BBC Sport NI's Nicola McCarthy.
"So we were happy with the start that we got, but just a bit frustrated that we didn't back it up last Saturday."

#kearney #start #oran

Nebraska baseball picked up another August commit on Wednesday. Outfielder Isaac Feller announced his commitment to the Huskers.
Feller is coming off a standout performance at the Senior Future Games last month. The St. Paul, Minnesota, native, representing the Plains, was named Player of the Game in the team's 18-6 win over Southeast. He set the tone for the game in the first when he delivered a grand slam.
Feller stands at 6 feet, 165 pounds, and is rated by Prep Baseball as the No. 30 overall player from Minnesota for the class of 2027. He plays baseball for numerous teams throughout the year, including the summer season with LakePoint and Minnesota prospects programs.
Feller plays at Cretin-Derham Hall High School during the other seasons and helped them to the Minnesota state tournament. In the postseason run for Cretin-Derham Hall, he contributed 16 hits, 10 runs, nine RBI and three stolen bases. Feller finished the season with an All-Section selection and All-Conference honorable mention.
The senior now joins Kearney, Nebraska, right-handed pitcher Will Kaskie as the second August commit for the Huskers. Kaskie is a Class of 2028 commit out of Kearney Catholic.

#minnesota

By Laila Kearney
NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuters) - AI infrastructure company Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet to acquire land and natural gas rights in Pennsylvania for $55 million ‌to develop a 200-megawatt data center campus, CEO Brittany Kaiser told Reuters on Tuesday.
Surging demand for ‌artificial intelligence computing is driving a scramble for power supplies across the United States, prompting data center developers to secure their own energy sources rather than wait for grid connections.
Pennsylvania -- with its abundance of natural gas from the Marcellus shale basin, existing power infrastructure and proximity to major population centers on the East Coast -- has become one of the country's most sought-after locations for new data centers. Last year, Amazon announced $20 billion in ‌planned investment in the state.
Alpha Compute ⁠expects the northern Pennsylvania site, which would include gas-fired power generation, to begin operating in the third quarter of 2027, Kaiser said. The facility could eventually ⁠be expanded to generate one gigawatt of power, Kaiser added.

#power #alpha #center

Antrim manager Elaine Dowds hailed the "resilience" of her players, who rebounded from some turbulent times to book a return to camogie's senior grade for 2027 with victory over Laois in Sunday's All-Ireland Intermediate final.
Dowds was ousted as team manager after the 2023 season when Antrim reached a senior quarter-final, which led to disquiet in the camp and resulted in Brian Kearney and Mark McFadden stepping down prior to the start of the 2024 league.
Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter stepped in but the Saffrons would suffer Championship relegation and while they recovered last term to win promotion to Division 1A of the league, they were pipped at the semi-final stage of the Intermediate Championship by Offaly.
With Dowds back at the helm, Antrim finished the job this time around as they pulled clear in the second half with the Dunloy native delighted her players got their reward for staying the course.
"It's been a long time coming," Dowds told RTE Sport.

#dowds #final #players

Aug. 6—GRAND FORKS — The UND football team wore full pads and brought in local officials on Thursday morning as the Fighting Hawks went through fall camp Day 8.
Here are five observations from practice.
Although the offense has had the better of the defense the last few days, UND's true freshmen defensive tackles — twins Mason Beaver and Isaac Beaver of Kearney, Mo. — have shown a knack for getting into the backfield.
Early during live hitting, Mason brought down UND hard-nosed running back Griffin Broderick. Later, Isaac had a five-play stretch in which he was in the backfield twice — the second time he flushed quarterback Jack Sulik for what might have been a quarterback sack.
UND has shown at fall camp it's planning to start Logyn Eckheart and Albany transfer Kylyn Macklin at tackle, but the Beaver twins are pushing the next mix along with Eastern Illinois transfer Kefa Pereira (6-1, 305) and Tyler Henry.

#beaver #mason #backfield

Ballymena United manager Oran Kearney believes a busy summer transfer window has allowed him to put his "own stamp" on the Sky Blues' squad.
Kearney is preparing for his first full season in the Showgrounds dugout after replacing Jim Ervin last December.
Ballymena have signed 10 new players and 18 have left the side in what has been a summer of transition after a lacklustre ninth placed finish last season.
"There has been a huge number of ins and outs and that is not ideal," Kearney told BBC Sport NI.
"You would not want it through a run of windows, but I think for this window it was important to try and put your own stamp on it and a level of freshness about us.

#ballymena #summer #last #united

As high school flag football continues to grow in popularity, so does the number of Section V players earning recognition among the state's best.
The New York State Sportswriters **** ociation put together the first set of all-state flag football teams in 2025. This year's selections include seven players at Section V schools named first team all-state, one more than last season.
Webster Schroeder quarterback Emma Rascoe has completed her high school playing days as a two-time member of the Class B all-state first team offense.
Rascoe, the 2026 Democrat and Chronicle All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year, finished with 63 touchdown passes and 78 total touchdowns during her senior season as Webster Schroeder went 14-2. She finished with 4,729 all-purpose yards, including 3,776 passing yards, while helping the Warriors win the Section V Class B championship. The Warriors were state champions in 2025.
Bishop Kearney standout Nela Lopusanova, a three-time AGR first team member, and East Rochester defensive star Payton Kinney earned Class C first-team all-state honors for the second consecutive year.

#section #schroeder #rascoe

After two seasons and a national championship at Hawaii, Finn Kearney is ready for a bigger on-court role.
The now former UH outside hitter announced last week on social media he will transfer to rival Long Beach State for the upcoming 2027 season.
Kearney, who is 6 feet 5, was a fan favorite during his time at UH. Injuries to other players allowed him to play a key role late during his freshman season, when he had double figures in kills in seven straight starts to help Hawaii win a Big West championship and advance to the NCAA semifinals.
He played in all but one match as a sophomore but was mostly used as a serving substitute, playing behind Adrien Roure and Louis Sakanoko, who both return next season, on the left side.
"First and foremost, it was a super cool opportunity to play at UH. Two years of my life that I have no regret in coming there at all," Kearney said in a phone interview Tuesday. "It was a really good decision. Two years well spent, I got a lot better, and I think now it was time to find a bigger role somewhere else and (Long Beach State) was my clearest path to the court."